Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TÜRKİYE

KAHRAMANMARAS - Following rescue and relief efforts after series of powerful earthquakes hit southern and southeastern provinces of Türkiye, also affecting Syria and other countries.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to host his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for talks at White House.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken to host Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to host Canadian Minister of National Defence Anita Anand.

WASHINGTON - Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to speak at National Press Club.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Interior and defense ministers to visit Wunstorf Air Base and make statements on relief efforts for earthquake victims in Türkiye.

RUSSIA

ARKHANGELSK - President Vladimir Putin to make working trip to Arkhangelsk region, will visit Ustyansky timber industry complex, meet region's governor, Alexander Tsybulsky.

MOSCOW - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman to hold weekly news conference.

ECONOMY

ANKARA – TurkStat to announce Türkiye’s unemployment rate and industrial production in December.

SPECIAL STORY

Arsenal in touch with UK's Muslim community to help quake victims in Türkiye, Syria

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - London's Arsenal football club have contacted the UK's Muslim community to help victims of the powerful earthquakes that hit both Türkiye and Syria earlier this week.

SPECIAL STORY

Women volunteers brave family longing, winter chill to search for Türkiye quakes survivors

By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Omer Sercan Karkus

KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) - Volunteers work in shifts as hope for survivors sustains for the earthquake-hit families in southern parts of Türkiye.

SPECIAL STORY

Türkiye quakes: Amid sobs and tears, search teams plough through debris to find survivors

By Mehmet Solmaz and Riyaz ul Khaliq

KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) – International search and rescue teams vow to stand with Türkiye until survivors are found.

SPECIAL STORY

Depth, energy, intensity of Türkiye earthquakes making disaster more destructive

By Muhammed Enes Calli, Emre Basaran, Rabia Ali

ISTANBUL (AA) - Two major earthquakes in Türkiye did not only make headlines across the world, but also drew attention from scientists who specialize in tectonic disasters.